prepare bird for the BBQ 7 Little Words

Latest answer — August 20, 2026

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Clue decoded

To SPATCHCOCK a bird is to remove or split its backbone and flatten the bird before cooking, a preparation especially suited to grilling or barbecuing. Here the answer is used as a verb, not as the name of the finished dish.

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Definition
A chicken shown being split and flattened for barbecue cooking

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The answer to “prepare bird for the BBQ” in 7 Little Words is SPATCHCOCK — a 10-letter word from Puzzle 5, most recently Thursday, August 20, 2026. If this is the one clue standing between you and a finished board, that's the word you need — and below you'll find why it fits, how to build it from that puzzle's tiles, and links to the day's other clues if more than one is giving you trouble.

“prepare bird for the BBQ” answer

The 7 Little Words answer for “prepare bird for the BBQ” (most recently Thursday, August 20, 2026, Puzzle 5) is:

SPATCHCOCK·10 letters

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When else has “prepare bird for the BBQ” appeared?

  • August 20, 2026 (most recent) → SPATCHCOCK

Why the answer is SPATCHCOCK

Flatten the chicken by removing its backbone before grilling it 🔥

How to build SPATCHCOCK from the tiles

In 7 Little Words you don't type the answer — you assemble it from the puzzle's shared tile bank, and every tile is used exactly once across all seven answers. Puzzle 5's tiles for August 20, 2026 are:

FRE · NC · HW · OMAN · DIS · CO · MF · ORT · SPA · TCHC · OCK · SHA · MBL · ES · POMO · NA · PARV · ENUE · AC · ING

SPATCHCOCK is built by combining the tiles SPA · TCHC · OCK in order. Because those tiles come out of the shared bank, locking in SPATCHCOCK early also narrows what's left for the other six clues.

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7 Little Words is a daily clue-and-tile puzzle from Blue Ox Technologies. Each board gives seven clues and a bank of two- and three-letter tiles; you spell every answer by combining tiles, using each tile exactly once. Five free puzzles publish every day, resetting at midnight Eastern Time. This was a Thursday puzzle.

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What is the answer to “prepare bird for the BBQ” in 7 Little Words?

The answer is SPATCHCOCK, a 10-letter word from Puzzle 5, most recently Thursday, August 20, 2026.

How many letters is the answer to “prepare bird for the BBQ”?

10 letters: SPATCHCOCK.

Which tiles spell SPATCHCOCK?

The tiles SPA · TCHC · OCK combine to spell SPATCHCOCK, drawn from Puzzle 5's shared tile bank.

Can “prepare bird for the BBQ” have a different 7 Little Words answer?

Blue Ox can reuse a clue on another date, and the tile bank differs each day, so the answer that fits can change.

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